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Describes an outstanding training programme in public psychiatry developed by the Connecticut Mental Health CenterA worthwhile and valuable contribution to the field that has no current equivalent in the marketThe book suggests a plan for the future of public sector psychiatry and serves as a model to centers throughout North America and further afieldDescribes the impact of the Connecticut Mental Health Center on psychiatric service models in the public sector
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The relationship between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale U. School of Medicine is not only long but complex. The result of their partnership, the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) serves the most needy and vulnerable mentally ill and addicted people in the community while serving in the training of professionals in psychiatry. The nine essays here describe how both sides of the equation work, including accommodations for changes in providing care in the community, the functions of the CHMC (clinical, research and training) in treatment of addiction, the relationship of law and psychiatry at the center, the neuroscience research program, public health aspects of research, provisions for culturally competent care, the public-academic partnership, including the process of providing significant training, and the future of academic public psychiatry at CHHC. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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